High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural western Kenya: implications for human health [PDF]
Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging human diseases caused by obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia.
Ade, Fredrick +13 more
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Epidemiological Characteristics of Field Tick-Borne Pathogens in Gwang-ju Metropolitan Area, South Korea, from 2014 to 2018 [PDF]
Objectives The importance of tick-borne diseases is increasing because of climate change, with a lack of long-term studies on tick-borne pathogens in South Korea.
Jung Wook Park +4 more
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Bartonella infections in fleas (Siphonaptera : Pulicidae) and lack of Bartonellae in ticks (Acari : Ixodidae) from Hungary [PDF]
Fleas (95 Pulex irritans, 50 Ctenocephalides felis, 45 Ctenocephalides canis) and ixodid ticks (223 Ixodes ricinus, 231 Dermacentor reticulatus, 204 Haemaphysalis concinna) were collected in Hungary and tested, in assays based on PCR, for Bartonella ...
Márialigeti, Károly +4 more
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Incidence and management of Lyme disease: a Scottish general practice retrospective study
Background: The true burden of Lyme disease in primary care in Scotland is unknown. Epidemiological data are currently based on laboratory-confirmed reports as there is no mandatory reporting of clinical cases.
Sally Mavin +2 more
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Bayesian data assimilation provides rapid decision support for vector-borne diseases [PDF]
Predicting the spread of vector-borne diseases in response to incursions requires knowledge of both host and vector demographics in advance of an outbreak.
Brown, Richard, Jewell, Chris
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Tick-borne diseases are a growing public health concern in the United States, with cases rising steadily each year. Lyme borreliosis, or Lyme disease, remains the most prevalent, affecting approximately 476,000 individuals annually.
Aaron Scholl +3 more
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At present there are few studies generalizing the clinical picture of infections, transmitted by Ixodid ticks, in children population. Tick-borne viral encephalitis is still one of the important natural focal infections and accounts for up to 27 % among ...
Ekaterina D. Kazantseva +3 more
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Molecular surveillance of Theileria parasites of livestock in Oman [PDF]
Background: Theileriosis is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases of livestock in the Arabian Peninsula, and causes high rates of mortality and morbidity in sheep and cattle.
Al-Fahdi, Amira +12 more
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The aim of the work was to improve epidemiological surveillance of tick-borne infections through riskoriented differentiation of territories at the municipal level using new information technologies and GIS technologies. Materials and methods.
D. A. Saveliev +2 more
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Tourism and the Problem of Tick-Borne Infections in the Republic of Buryatia
For the first time the current situation with tick-borne infections in recreational places of the Republic of Buryatia is evaluated. According to the data of the Center for diagnostic and prophylaxis of tick-borne infections (Irkutsk) collected in 2007 -
G. A. Danchinova +2 more
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